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Janice Michon: Government and money

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04/07/2017 07:30:30 PM MDT

We are now being ruled by a legislative body that does not represent the majority of their constituents. They tailor their votes to the interest of who have money, power, and influence. They relent to the wishes of for-profit organizations who promote their self-serving agendas and yet we have no clue as to who financially backs these entities.

They continue to make decisions that support the needs of corporations and those who stand to gain financially from these policies, while rejecting the needs of the people they represent.

They deny science by passing laws that create an unhealthy environment for their citizens, promoting pollution, and lessening animal habitat in order to advantage business.

The United States Republican-led Congress? Try again. I've just described the Boulder City Council and how beholden they are to developers.

The Boulder alt-country band gives its EPs names such as Death and Resurrection, and its songs bear the mark of hard truths and sin. But the punk energy behind the playing, and the sense that it's all in good fun, make it OK to dance to a song like "Death." Full Story